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Sense and Sensibility Mass market paperbound - 2004

by Jane Austen


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Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811, it was Austen's first published novel, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.

Summary

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

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Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. A timeless tale of romantic manners and mores in which two vastly different sisters experience love and loss under the rigid view of British society. This edition includes:
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First line

THE FAMILY of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex.

First Edition Identification

The novel sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of 1813, but it had a second print run later that year. 

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  • Title Sense and Sensibility
  • Author Jane Austen
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 392
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date October 26, 2004
  • ISBN 9780743487764 / 0743487761
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.72 x 4.44 x 1.09 in (17.07 x 11.28 x 2.77 cm)
  • Reading level 560
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, England
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004559294
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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